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Click here to subscribeSalvador Dali, 1904-1989, LA PERSISTANCE DE LA MeMOIRE, inscribed Dali, numbered 152/350 and stamped with the foundry mark Camblest 1981, bronze with a gold patina, height: 37cm. 14.5in. Conceived in 1980 in an edition of 350 plus 35 artist's proofs. Literature, Robert & Nicholas Descharnes, Dali - le dur et le mou - sculptures et objets, Paris, 2004, p. 246, no. 632, illustration in colour of another cast,
Salvador Dali, 1904-1989, VeNUS a LA TETE DE ROSE, inscribed Dali, stamped Dali 1981 and numbered 61/350, bronze and plastic, height (including base): 44cm.; 17.375in. Conceived in 1981 in an edition of 350. Literature, Robert & Nicholas Descharnes, Dali - le dur et le mou - sculptures et objets, Paris, 2004, p. 267, no. 684, illustration in colour of the edition of 8,
Salvador Dali, 1904-1989, CARMEN AVEC CASTAGNETTES, inscribed Dali, stamped with the foundry mark SCAN and numbered 25/300, bronze with a green and brown patina, height: 17cm.; 6.75in. Conceived circa 1970 in an edition of 300. Literature, Robert & Nicholas Descharnes, Dali - le dur et le mou - sculptures et objets, Paris, 2004, p. 174, no. 445, illustration in colour of a larger cast, # 2000-3000,
Salvador Dali, 1904-1989, PERSEUS - HOMAGE A BENEVENUTO CELLLINI, inscribed Dali, stamped with the foundry mark SCAN and numbered 18/300, bronze with a gold patina, height: 19cm.; 7.75in. Conceived in 1976 in an edition of 300. Literature, Robert & Nicholas Descharnes, Dali - le dur et le mou - sculptures et objets, Paris, 2004, p. 173, no. 437, illustration in colour of a larger cast, # 1500-2000,
A 19th century French jardiniere, veneered in faded figured walnut, the top with a pierced gilt bronze gallery, the cavetto sides inlaid scrolling marquetry foliage with cast gilt bronze mounts to the corners, the serpentine outline flared friezes inlaid stringing, on tulipwood banded cabriole legs. 25.5in. (65cm.).
A Royal Presentation tortoiseshell snuff box with two-colour gold mounts, Rundell, Bridge and Rundell, circa 1815, circular with wasted sides, the lid inset with a gilt-bronze portrait medallion of the Prince Regent, the truncation signed: Rundell Bridge & Rundell, the border garter inscribed in blue enamel: George Prince of Wales Regent, the lid with outer border of acorns and oak leaves, the gold thumbpiece chased with foliate scrolls, the gold lining inscribed George Prince Regent to Lord John Townshend, diameter 8.3cm, 3.25in, Provenance, Lord John Townshend (1757-1833) married Georgiana Anne, daughter of William Poyntz, in 1787, the same year his father was elevated from Viscount to first Marquess Townshend of Raynham. The marquessate later passed to their son, another John, who inherited the title in 1855, Rundell and Bridge held the Royal Warrant from 1797 to 1843, supplying four monarchs with fine silver and precious objects. George IV was by far the best royal customer. Following his first purchase in 1805, his commissions became suitably grander after he was named Regent in 1811. Other admirers included Napoleon, who promised his generals that the first of them to capture London could pillage the famous shop. , An exhibition Royal Goldsmiths: The Art of Rundell and Bridge 1797-1843 is being held from 14 June to 1 July 2005 at Koopman Rare Art, London.
AN ORIVIT THREE-PIECE BRONZE DESK SET, each decorated in relief with recumbent foxes, comprising an inkstand with two inkwells having hinged cover flanking foxes above a pen tray, 26.5cm, (10.4in) wide, a blotter, stamped ORIVIT 194, 12cm, (4.7in) wide, and a two-division letter rack, stamped ORIVIT 227, 10.8cm, (4.25in) high (3)
A LATE 19TH-CENTURY JAPANESE BRONZE VASE, of balustroid form, on foot, having raised decoration of a song bird on a prunus tree to one side and a kingfisher and water plants to the other, having white and yellow metal inlays, the everted neck having similarly inlaid foliate scrollwork and stylised elelphant-head handles, 30.5cm, (12in) high, A SMALL JAPANESE BRONZE KORO AND COVER similarly inlaid with prunus sprigs, on three feet, 10cm, (4in) high and A JAPANESE BRONZE FIGURE OF A CRANE (for longevity), surmounted by a small koro, its lid with lion handle, the whole on rectangular stepped base, 30.5cm, (12in) high overall (3)
A 19th century gilt metal relief cast plaque in the form of a gentleman with a beard, in a rectangular frame, 16cm high, 12cm wide, a magnifying glass with a mother-of-pearl and gilt metal handle (adapted from a relief cast parasol handle), a bronze plaque of an emperor and soldier, 13cm diameter, a 19th century brass sander of cylindrical form on a moulded base, 15cm high, and a composition ram's head mount.
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